IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Uno Venova]

Has anyone taken a 2 month contract when they didn't have any experience and was that enough to start getting actual direct hire work?

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Has anyone taken a 2 month contract when they didn't have any experience and was that enough to start getting actual direct hire work?

Get it where you can, better than nothing.

 

[calixprynce]

any brehs got any experience with running their own IT services business ?

 

[calixprynce]

How much I gotta pay one of you brehs to spruce up my resume?

I got IT experience since high school in 2012 , so 10 years . All i want is a low ass helpdesk job too . I don't care about the pay rn , I need to get bacc in the hang of a 9-5 though

 

[Tr0yTV]

How much I gotta pay one of you brehs to spruce up my resume?

I got IT experience since high school in 2012 , so 10 years . All i want is a low ass helpdesk job too . I don't care about the pay rn , I need to get bacc in the hang of a 9-5 though

Google ‘Service desk [random city] LinkedIn’ remix 3 or 4 different profiles. Add some stuff you actually did. Profit.

 

[Uno Venova]

Get it where you can, better than nothing.

Yup I took it. It's short but, $25/HR, more than I ever made.

I had a chick literally cut the interview on my short because she was mistaken and thought I had MSP experience. God damn, if you don't have it you ain't shyt in this industry.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Yup I took it. It's short but, $25/HR, more than I ever made.

I had a chick literally cut the interview on my short because she was mistaken and thought I had MSP experience. God damn, if you don't have it you ain't shyt in this industry.

Bro, just have to keep trying man n cert up. I took a year of rejection myself lol when I was starting out. Just keep applying for your next contract and move on to the next. Eventually a solid offer will come but now a slight door has opened just keep grinding.

 

[Uno Venova]

Bro, just have to keep trying man n cert up. I took a year of rejection myself lol when I was starting out. Just keep applying for your next contract and move on to the next. Eventually a solid offer will come but now a slight door has opened just keep grinding.

I feel you breh, I'm cool wit takin my lumps I just never had that happen before

 

[rlg]

I feel you breh, I'm cool wit takin my lumps I just never had that happen before

Take it. Put it on your resume and when you start interviewing again just say you needed to work and didn't want to go on unemployment.

 

[ryda518]

Has anyone taken a 2 month contract when they didn't have any experience and was that enough to start getting actual direct hire work?

Late reply but yes take it. Take any thing to get in the door

My first job was an unpaid internship that I did for about 4 months but it was enough to land me a contract after wards

Get the contract and study for a cert while you’re at it. You’ll be looking really good in the end.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

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Thanks, this is so much better than the one on acloud guru so far. I am only in the beginning but his explanations are great! the one on acloudguru left me googling what exactly is what. Can't wait to finish.

 

[prime]

I got a cousin that's wants to get her certs where should she start she kinda lost

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I got a cousin that's wants to get her certs where should she start she kinda lost

Is she even interested in the field? Or is she chasing a check? I don't recommend anyone get into tech if they aren't really interested. At any rate, I think it general sentiment is A+, Net+, Sec+.

 

[prime]

Is she even interested in the field? Or is she chasing a check? I don't recommend anyone get into tech if they aren't really interested. At any rate, I think it general sentiment is A+, Net+, Sec+.

Honestly I think both but she is more interested in the field she just shy as fukk she was a senior in high school she just graduated early she was thinking about going to a coding boot camp since she doesn't want to go to college her dad who is a paraplegic and my aunt is lazy as fukk any advice would be good I wanna see her win

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Honestly I think both but she is more interested in the field she just shy as fukk she was a senior in high school she just graduated early she was thinking about going to a coding boot camp since she doesn't want to go to college her dad who is a paraplegic and my aunt is lazy as fukk any advice would be good I wanna see her win

You should find out what specifically she's interested in because IT is broad, but when I hear IT, I personally don't think of Software Engineering, which is what she'd be learning at a coding boot camp. When you have the answer to that, we can give better recommendations.